Was all of this packaging necessary for so small (and sturdy) an item? Thermofisher Scientific thinks so.
Love it.
Since we're on the subject of work...
It’s been confirmed. I will stop accruing vacation time after this month. So, once again, I’ll be yelled at about taking a vacation every time I see our department’s HR rep.
I also have at least three personal days left.
Currently I’m strategically placing folders and random papers on my desk so when people walk by I appear to be busy. This will pass the time for me considering I am bored out of my mind today.
Where is all the business at? I’ve been sitting here eating Mentos and reading Tumblr all day and as fun as that may be, I’d rather be doing it from home in my underwear while I’m sitting on my couch with The Tyra Show playing in the background.
What I do is look at my computer and squint as though I’m concentrating, put my hand over my mouth and scratch my chin, take a sip of coffee, and repeat. After that, I get up and walk down the hall quickly, and find an empty, locked part of the lab to enter. It’s very important to have to unlock the door that I’m entering, as it makes me look like I have a definite purpose for entering. Once inside, I look around for a few seconds to pass the time, exit, and walk immediately back to my computer or to my workbench, where I’ll usually just rearrange pipet tip boxes or open and close my centrifuge a couple of times. I repeat the whole routine about four times before lunchtime.
This makes me look infinitely busy all the time. In fact, nearly every day, one of my postdocs says to me, “Oh, Devon, you seem so busy today. I was afraid to ask you to help me with this.” Most days, I have maybe an hour (maybe) of work to do. Maybe I science isn’t where my talents lie. Give me a fucking Oscar.
Oh no! All my money?!
I just got a phone call from “um…Adam” at “uh…Chase Bank.” Apparently, all the money in my savings account gone and now I owe them “about $2000.”
Trouble is, I don’t have a savings account with Chase.
Adam, next time you should try getting one of your deeper-voiced friends to make the call. It’d be more convincing. Also, good thinking…but the blocked number pretty much tips any thinking person off to the fact that a call is not legit.
I kind of wish I’d stayed on longer so that could verbally destroy these children.
Fucking kids. How the hell did you get my number?!
Why?
Get off me cat. Get off my breasts. Get out of my neck space.
Whenever I’m sitting with my arms folded across my chest, and my cat wants to sit on me, she climbs up onto my lap…and then continues to climb and sit on my arms. She’s all about the higher ground.
Iron Chef America films an episode in the White House garden, with Michelle Obama.
Are you kidding me Mario Batali? You’re seriously wearing orange crocs and orange socks to the White House? I know that’s your thing, but come on.
I hope Alton Brown and Michelle Obama are friends in real life.
Ugh
I just saw what had to be a fifty-year-old man with a god-damn tag hanging off his fucking baseball cap.
When will this bullshit end?
Did you know you can follow the Tamale Guy on Twitter????@tamaletracker. He also has a myspace!
Now if I can only find the Roses Lady on Tumblr, I will be set
Oh shit! I love the tamale guy! I’m totally using this information to plan my outings in Chicago from now on.
to my recent followers:
you guys flatter me. you’re interesting! also noticed a few chicagoans and am curious to know what your deals are.
Meant to do this a while ago…
Devon. 25. Biologist. UChicago. Hopelessly devoted to my cat and baked goods, in that order.
[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]
Cartman singing Poker Face (as made famous by Lady Gaga).
I’m still laughing.
Totally watched this as part of ABC Family’s 13 Nights of Halloween.
Don’t judge. I also watched Hocus Pocus and Edward Scissorhands.
That’s some good programming if you ask me.
Wednesday: You have taken the land which is rightfully ours. Years from now my people will be forced to live in mobile homes on reservations. Your people will wear cardigans, and drink highballs. We will sell our bracelets by the road sides, you will play golf, and enjoy hot hors d’oeuvres. My people will have pain and degradation. Your people will have stick shifts. The gods of my tribe have spoken. They have said, “Do not trust the Pilgrims, especially Sarah Miller.”
Amanda: Gary, she’s changing the words.
Wednesday: And for all these reasons I have decided to scalp you and burn your village to the ground.(via nerdgasms:unicornology:fiddlersgreen:midnightmonster / monkeyknifefight)
I was talking about this movie the other night. Need to watch soon!
kim brûlée’s Top 100 Songs of 2000-2009
#52: “Modern Nature” Sondre Lerche
I absolutely love this song. Sondre Lerche is one of my favorites. Thank you, Norway.
